Volume 2: Appendices Victoria’s infrastructure strategy 2021-2051 About us Infrastructure Victoria is an independent advisory body with three functions: \ Preparing a 30-year infrastructure strategy for Victoria, which is refreshed every three to five years \ Providing written advice to government on specific infrastructure matters \ Publishing research on infrastructure- related issues. Infrastructure Victoria also supports government departments and agencies to develop sectoral infrastructure plans. Infrastructure Victoria takes a long-term, evidence-based view of infrastructure planning, and informs community discussion about infrastructure provision. Infrastructure Victoria does not directly oversee or fund infrastructure projects. Aboriginal acknowledgment Infrastructure Victoria acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country in Victoria and pays respect to their elders past and present, as well as elders of other Aboriginal communities. We recognise that the state’s infrastructure is built on land that has been managed by Aboriginal people for millennia. Contents Appendix A: Pg: Recommendations by sector 04 Appendix B: Meeting the objectives for Victoria’s infrastructure strategy 2021–2051 08 Appendix C: Cost range, timing and funding of recommendations 14 Appendix D: Methodology 90 Appendix E: Building on the draft strategy with engagement and new evidence 104 Appendix F: Review of 2016 recommendations 124 Appendix G: State of infrastructure 216 Appendix H: Legislative requirements 256 04 Victoria’s infrastructure strategy 2021–2051 Appendix A Recommendations by sector This appendix lists the recommendations that align with the nine infrastructure sectors listed in the Victorian Infrastructure Plan 2017-22. For the transport sector, we further categorise those relating to public transport; active transport and micro-mobility; roads, parking and private vehicles; and freight. We also include land use planning as a tenth sector, to capture potential changes relating to the land use planning system. Some recommendations will appear more than once where they pertain to more than one sector. Volume 2: Appendices — Appendix A 05 01. Transport sector 1B. Active transport 53. Phase out fixed road user charges and and micro-mobility introduce user pays charging 1A. Public transport 23. Incorporate personal mobility devices 58. Connect suburban jobs through ‘next in regulation generation’ buses and road upgrades 22. Facilitate integration of public transport with new mobility services 32. Produce public plans for priority 62. Protect a long-term option for a new infrastructure sectors cross-city motorway 24. Introduce new road network demand management technology 33. Publish Victoria’s transport plan 66. Construct an outer metropolitan road and rail corridor 32. Produce public plans for priority 37. Develop an interconnected open infrastructure sectors space network 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure delivery in growing communities 33. Publish Victoria’s transport plan 38. Partner with local governments to fund pedestrian infrastructure 76. Expand and upgrade Melbourne’s 41. Reallocate road space to priority outer suburban road and bus networks transport modes 39. Transform cycling in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong 78. Deliver long-term funding certainty 42. Redesign tram routes for regional road maintenance 40. Improve walking and cycling data 43. Activate urban renewal with and upgrades to better estimate travel, health new tram links and safety impacts and benefits 1D. Freight 44. Plan for and fund public transport 41. Reallocate road space to priority accessibility, including tram transport modes 02. Transition government fleet and freight stop upgrades vehicles to zero emissions 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure technologies 45. Adopt permanent off-peak discounts delivery in growing communities for public transport fares 32. Produce public plans for priority infrastructure sectors 46. Reduce bus and tram fares 1C. Roads, parking 33. Publish Victoria’s transport plan 47. Remove the free tram zone and private vehicles 62. Protect a long-term option for 48. Appoint an independent transport 01. Accelerate consumers’ purchases a new cross-city motorway pricing adviser of zero emissions vehicles 63. Optimise capacity at the 50. Price parking at major public 02. Transition government fleet and Port of Melbourne transport hubs freight vehicles to zero emissions technologies 64. Act now to protect the future 57. Reshape the metropolitan bus network Bay West Port option and introduce ‘next generation’ 21. Prepare for increasingly automated bus services vehicle fleets 65. Deliver a new intermodal freight terminal for Inland Rail 58. Connect suburban jobs through ‘next 24. Introduce new road network demand generation’ buses and road upgrades management technology 66. Construct an outer metropolitan road and rail corridor 59. Increase off-peak service frequencies 32. Produce public plans for priority and suburban rail corridor capacity infrastructure sectors 78. Deliver long-term funding certainty for regional road maintenance 60. Reconfigure the City Loop for more 33. Publish Victoria’s transport plan and upgrades frequent and reliable services 41. Reallocate road space to priority 79. Fund and plan for ongoing regional 61. Prepare for Melbourne Metro Two transport modes rail freight network development and direct Geelong rail services 48. Appoint an independent transport and maintenance 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure pricing adviser delivery in growing communities 49. Reduce inner Melbourne congestion 74. Extend rail services in Melbourne’s by further reforming parking pricing western and northern growth areas 50. Price parking at major public 75. Link outer suburbs to rail with ‘next transport hubs generation’ buses 51. Incorporate congestion pricing 76. Expand and upgrade Melbourne’s for all new metropolitan freeways outer suburban road and bus networks 52. Trial full-scale congestion pricing 83. Redesign regional public transport in inner Melbourne to meet local needs 06 Victoria’s infrastructure strategy 2021–2051 02. Culture, sport 03. Digital connectivity 05. Energy and community 20. Improve critical infrastructure 01. Accelerate consumers’ purchases information flows and embed resilience of zero emissions vehicles 19. Build back better after emergencies 21. Prepare for increasingly automated 02. Transition government fleet 32. Produce public plans for priority vehicle fleets and freight vehicles to zero infrastructure sectors emissions technologies 22. Facilitate integration of public transport 54. Require accessible buildings with new mobility services 03. Augment electricity transmission for public services for renewable energy and resilience 24. Introduce new on-road demand 67. Co-design an Aboriginal community- management technology 04. Identify and coordinate Renewable controlled infrastructure plan Energy Zones 25. Use innovation to deliver better models 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure of health care 05. Require 7-star energy-rated delivery in growing communities new homes by 2022, and 26. Modernise courts through digitisation 73. Fund libraries and aquatic centres increase afterwards and contemporary shared facilities in growth areas 06. Mandate a home energy 27. Improve technology and infrastructure 81. Plan for and facilitate regional disclosure scheme for a responsive police service nature-based tourism investment 07. Strengthen minimum energy efficiency 84. Address regional Victoria’s digital 82. Develop a Victorian Aboriginal tourism standards for rented homes connectivity gaps strategy with Aboriginal communities 08. Make Victorian Government buildings 85. Improve regional telecommunications 86. Fund regional libraries to provide better more energy efficient infrastructure resilience internet access 09. Encourage demand management 86. Fund regional libraries to provide better 88. Deliver multipurpose shared social pricing to reduce peaks and optimise internet access service facilities in the regions distributed energy 87. Use rural schools for children’s 89. Update community infrastructure 10. Confirm gas policies and pathways specialist and allied telehealth services to reach net zero emissions and allow 90. Create climate-adapted facilities new gas-free homes for rural communities 19. Build back better after emergencies 04. Education 80. Upgrade power supply for agriculture and training and regional industry 85. Improve regional telecommunications 19. Build back better after emergencies infrastructure resilience 32. Produce public plans for priority 94. Make social housing suitable for infrastructure sectors changing local climates 54. Require accessible buildings for public services 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure delivery in growing communities 87. Use rural schools for children’s specialist and allied telehealth services 88. Deliver multipurpose shared social service facilities in the regions 92. Fund more Youth Foyers in regional Victoria Volume 2: Appendices — Appendix A 07 06. Environment 69. Build new hospital capacity 09. Water 70. Deliver infrastructure for a more 11. Specify climate scenarios and carbon responsive and integrated mental 13. Consider all water supply sources value in assessing infrastructure health system 14. Progress integrated water 12. Strategically review climate 72. Prioritise and oversee infrastructure cycle management consequences for infrastructure delivery in growing communities 15. Improve decision-making for urban